On 4 November 2012 08:28, Ian Stakenvicius <[email protected]> wrote: >> 03.11.12 09:04, Ben de Groot написав(ла): >>> I think we need to come up with a better policy regarding elog >>> messages, which would improve the signal to noise ratio. >>> > As of EAPI=4 (i think? maybe 3?) ebuild authors can use a simple test > to see if $REPLACING_VERSIONS is empty or not to indicate whether the > package is being newly installed or if it's being upgraded. Maybe, if > package maintainers are so inclined, we can start using this feature > to reduce the spam. (if we were really motivated we could even only > provide relevant messages based on the version being replaced!)
I think that would be a good idea. I would like to see repoman complain about elog messages without REPLACING_VERSIONS. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin
